Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-07-07
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
IOWA.

IOWA.
Davenport is said to have the most en-
thnsiastic checker club in the state.
Fort Dodge has orospe.s of getting o
watch factory employing 800 hands.
The Grundy Meas has crossed the
stygian ferry turned up its toes, as it
were.
Des Moines and Davenport both would
like to have the Tibbles sewing machine
factory.
Tho large elevator belonging to the
Pella firm Of Snow Il Huber was burned
recently.
IN. j. Smith, an old citizen of Oska-
loosa, died suddenly of heart 5iisease the
other day.
Iowa men seem to have been fortunate
enough 10 escape being caught in the great
wheat crash.
-Northwood comes to the front with q
new railroad project with Duluth as the
objective point.
The settlers on the disputed lands in
O'Brien county will be given until De-
cember to get off.
Jesse Lyons, 1O-year-old boy, was
drowned at Correctionville while bathing
in the Little Sioux.
"A travelling agent for pianos and Or
gans named Belknap was fatally injured by
runaway team ut Knoxville few days
ago.
The Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad
company are making fill on their Ot-
tumwa lands, requiring 700, 900 cubic yards
of earth.
AT Mt. Auburn brakeman named
Bert Rowley got his hnnd badly mashed
while making coupling. Amputation was
necessary.
-E. W. Gaylord, general superintendent
of the Standard Coal Company Mt Angus,
was caught by descending cage and
crushed to death.
The residence of Prof. r. d. DUNCAN,
OF the Drake University, Des Moines, was
burned to the ground. Loss, about $500;
insurance, $4,000.
The Dubuque Boo. and Shoe Manu-
featuring company, with capital of $685..
600, has filed articles of incorporat' on with
the Secretary of State.
"A Dyersville saloon keeper struck an
inebriated customer on the head with n
wine bottle and the chances are that the
man will die of his injuries.
-Renwick, Humboldt county, is prepar-
ing for big celebration with j. P. Dolli-
yer, of Fort Dodge, as orator of the day
and many other attractions.
Cedar Rapids boat club four, which
expected to row in the state regatta, has
disbanded. A junior four will probably be
selected to row at Spirit Lake.
--Keokuk had couple Of prize fights
the other Sunday. One brace of bruisers
pounded each other an hour before the
momentous question as to which was the
better man was settled.
"A large number of Greeley people who
attended an ice-cream festival were more
or less poisoned by the condensed coldness.
Several were quite seriously ill for time,
but all finally recovered.
The semi annual meeting OF the Iowa
Union OF Underwriters occurred at Du-
buque, about thirty members being pres
eut. The occasion was more of social
than business character.
Two cattle trains on the Burlington
road tried to pass each other on the same
track near Middletown, killing eighteen
cattle and wounding seventy-five. The
trainmen were not injured.
Burlington business men are forming
stock company with $4,000 capital,
shares at $40 each, to bore for gas and
water. Work will begin when $4,000 is
subscribed and $4,000 paid in.
Leopold Griber, u Council Bluffs busi-
ness man, hung himself with clothes limo
in the hall of his residence few mornings
ago. His accounts were straight, and no
cause is assigned for the deed.
The first soaking rain that has oc-
CURED in tho neighborhood of Cresco
since the 18th of May, 1884, fell the other
day. Tha ground was thoroughly soaked
to depth of twelve inches.
In the murder case of State VS.. Dillon,
at Clinton, the jury returned verdict of
murder in the second degree. The mini
mum penalty is ten years in the state
prison, and life sentence may be imposed.
"A Burlington miller offered prizes of
$40, $40 and SIS for the best bread made
from his flour, and 17s loaves were entered
for competition. The bread was of such
uniformly fine quality that the competitors
were as a rule unable to identify their own
loaves.